資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Kick \Kick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kicred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kicking}.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a
horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his
judges. --Macaulay.
{To kick the beam}, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of
the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found
wanting in weight. --Milton.
{To kick the bucket}, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. &
Low]